The end of America was only the beginning...From the ashes of the United States rises the American Socialist Unity (ASU), a regime bound to the Vatican and global powers. Together, they claim to have unearthed relics near Solomon's Temple: The Chronicon of Enoch and a sacred artifact encoded with dates of the Rapture.But prophecy is only their cover. In hidden labs, the ASU and Vatican engineer grotesque human/alien hybrids, staging disappearances to fuel t...

The sixth episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War. Beginning on January 15, 2013, a new episode of The Human Division will appear in e-book form every Tuesday.The Conclave is a confederation of four hundred alien races—many of whom would like to see the Colonial Union, and the humans inside of it, blasted to extinction. To avoid a conflict that neither side can afford, Conclave ...

The cracks had opened wide one day, let the monsters out, and swallowed every bright thing.While the cell is sparse and cold, at least this one has a bed. The figure resting there is too thin; too still, the prominent bones the result of long starvation, the stillness the product of too much anguish and abuse. He watches, though. An anxious, intelligent mind still occupies this frail and failing body, one that watches and wonders about the new guard occupy...

Power to Yield is a collection of speculative tales that explore gender identity, neurodivergence, and religion from author Bogi Takács, who deftly blends sci-fi, fantasy, and weird fiction. These are stories about the depth and breadth of the human condition—and beyond—identifying future possibilities of conflict and cooperation, identity and community.COMPLEX COMMUNITYAn AI child discovers Jewish mysticism. A student can give no more blood to the...

When it’s criminals there’s the National Police, when it’s foreign foes, you have the Self Defense Forces. For everything else, the Zaxtonian Union has its Agency Division.The union’s native history runs deep. Whether it’s the busy metropolis of Kraterburg, the dusty wastes of many-deserted Razeland, or the thick boreal rainforest of the Terrwald, ancient secrets, alliances, and lore pervade the undercurrent of Zaxtonian Society. From time to time things bubble up from the depths – dark th...

THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK IS SOMEWHAT DECEIVING. THIS BOOK IS NOT ABOUT THE COST OF LIVING, IT IS REALLY ABOUT THE COST OF NOT LIVING.

**Winner of the Paterson Poetry Prize, and longlisted for the Griffin Prize and the Massachusetts Book AwardAn acclaimed poet further extends his range into the realm of speculative fiction, while addressing issues as varied as abolition, Black ecological consciousness, and the boundless promise of parenthoodFeaturing the novella “The Book of Mycah,” soon to be adapted by Lena Waithe’s Hillman Grad Productions & Warner Bros. TV**Across three sequences, Joshua Bennet...

This collection of dark fairy tales doesn't give their characters a happy ending until they go through some kind of horror. From a princess discovering the decay and maggots within herself, a beast becoming human after true love's sacrifice, and war between two singing lovers, no one gets a happy ending without overcoming some kind of darkness from within or outside of themselves.

"Comfortably Numb: Poems Inspired by Pink Floyd" is a book of poems written entirely to Pink Floyd's music. Jen has been a fan of the band since 2008.

A spooky short story guaranteed to have you sleeping with the light on!What if the only reason we can't walk through mirrors is that our reflections are blocking us?.....What if they are protecting us?

It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on.For Harry, this is that story at last.Before losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the hap...

As humanity continues to explore the stars, the Ecclesia Aeternam sends out groups to the unknown regions of space to discover God's creations, evangelize, and tie up loose ends. Whether they discover horrors or are the horror, the Church does all in the name of God in the hopes of serving Him and having His Will done on all worlds as it is in Heaven.